Low-fluence 1,064-nm laser hair reduction for pseudofolliculitis barbae in skin types IV, V, and VI

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-107

  Schulze, Rafael ^a,c   Meehan, Ken J ^a   Lopez, Antonia ^a   Sweeney, Kasina ^a   Winstanley, Doug ^a   Apruzzese, William ^b   Victor Ross, E ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Palomar Medical Technologies   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAPULE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE; RATING SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 58149301658     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34388.x     Document Type: Article

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